Makes no sense to me. To begin with, isn't the goal to get attention by posting in the news section? Personally, I'd rather have a couple of replies than to have no response whatsoever.

A section where people aren't allowed to have opinions on what somebody posts sounds pretty boring to me.

I think a better question, would anyone bother reading any of the posts if they weren't allowed to respond or write their opinion?

Why is it an issue if somebody response to your news post anyway? It isn't that hard to ignore people.

Sorry, I just don't see the point.